Total Crime Rate
167.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cromwell Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Myatt's Fields , and the 212th highest crime rate of 793 local areas in Lambeth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cromwell Road (SW9 7BG) in the last 12 months was 167.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.6% higher than the Myatt's Fields average (105.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 46.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromwell Road (SW9 7BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Grove (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Minerva Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Warham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Warham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lothian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lothian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Offenham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Offenham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lothian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lothian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cancell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cancell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Langton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Camberwell New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Russell Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chryssell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knatchbull Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Burton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brief Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Claribel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Urlwin Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Urlwin Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Urlwin Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Camberwell New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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